Quebec – Clermont railway line

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The Quebec – Clermont line is a Canadian branch line ( voie regional ) in Québec . It connects Québec (city) with Clermont (Charlevoix-Est) and is also known under the name Chemin de fer Charlevoix (CFC).

history

The first part of the route was opened in 1889 by the railway company Chemin de fer Quebec, Montmorency & Charlevoix between Limoilou (then Hedleyville , now the Quebec district of La Cité-Limoilou ) and Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré . In 1898 the operator merged with the Montmorency Electric Power Company to form the Quebec Railway, Light & Power Co , which in turn became the Quebec Railway, Light, Heat & Power Co (QL&P) through further mergers in 1909 . In 1951, the Canadian National Railway acquired the QL & P's rail operations, including the Quebec – Clermont line. Passenger traffic ceased in 1959.

Attempts to reactivate passenger traffic failed in 1985 and 1994. In 1994, the railway line was sold to the Société des chemins de fer du Québec ( Quebec Railway Corporation ; QRC). In 1996, CFC built a timber handling facility in Clermont for the surrounding timber industry. The transport of goods ended in May 2010. The last customers were a paper mill and a propane gas dealer .

In 2009 Quebec Rail sold the part from Quebec to La Malbaie to the company Le Massif de Charlevoix .

Route description

The line branches north of Québec station from the main line of the CN and runs northeast. The train runs along the north bank of the St. Lawrence River.

The trains stop at the stations:

Rail operations

Since 2011, a tourist train has been running several times a day between Chute Montmorency and La Malbaie stations .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Quebec Railway Light and Power. In: Canada Rail. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Canadian Rail No. 548/2012 (PDF)
  3. ↑ Timetable of the Train de Charlevoix